UKIP leader Nigel Farage has responded to a Lib Dem jibe he is always in the pub, by posting a 'selfie' from his Brussels office.

Nigel Farage responded to jibes he was always in the pub by uploading this 'selfie' (left)

He is so rarely seen in the European Parliament that people now call him Nigel Mirage.

Fiona Hall MEP

The MEP was accused of being "Nigel Mirage" by leader of the Liberal Democrats' European Parliamentary Party Fiona Hall MEP in a speech at her party's conference today in Glasgow.

Mr Farage took aim at Ms Hall, and after a request from Express Online, he took a picture of himself at work in Brussels and uploaded it to Facebook.He captioned the picture: "In Brussels today. Perhaps if the Lib Dems spent more time representing their constituents then people might know who they were."

Speaking in the main hall at the Lib Dem conference, Ms Hall also accused Mr Farage of promoting an "ugly far-right agenda"

She said: Of course there are things we want to change at a European level. We'd like to get rid of Nigel Farage for a start.

"Actually I think we've succeeded on that one already. He is so rarely seen in the European Parliament that people now call him Nigel Mirage.

"Ukip MEPs have the worst attendance records in the European Parliament. While Lib Dem MEPs are working to get the best deal for their constituents, Mr Mirage is down the pub. Talk about a waste of tax-payers' money.

"But there's a very ugly far-right agenda behind that pint-and-fag bonhomie, not just wanting the UK out of the EU but also tax cuts for the rich, no aid for the world's poor, climate change doesn't exist, anti-gay rights, women should clean behind the fridge.

"So it is not surprising then that the Ukip female MEPs have left the party."

Nigel Farage uploaded the picture to his Facebook account

Ms Hall also told party activists that businesses thought it would be a disaster to leave Europe.

She added: "When I visit factories, the message face-to-face is even clearer - if the UK were to leave the European Union it would be a disaster. A disaster, that is the word they use and that is the message that we, as Liberal Democrats, must take out to people on the doorstep.

"Over three million jobs are linked to our membership of the EU. Over the past decade, hundreds of thousands of jobs have been created by companies investing across the UK because we have full access to the single market and a say over its rules."

A Ukip spokesman dismissed the comments.

He said: "If the Liberal Democrats carry on going the way they are, it will time for them to say goodbye to Europe and Westminster as a party."

Last week the leader of the Green Party, Natalie Bennett, also took aim at Mr Farage during a speech to her party's conference in Brighton.

She said: "Just waving a pint and a cigarette and grinning does not a serious political party make."